If I went to the other place sir, I wouldn't know anyone.

I was going to say you'd been a way a while. On another note nice jollies

Not my colour. I prefer a sort of stone colour with butterflies.

rlNewton admits he is leavingrl

Interesting. I would say his desire to win more silverware is a pipe dream. Unless he fancies dropping a division & going for the Northern Rail cup.

Considering his reasoning (wanting a 2 year deal and Bulls would only offer him 1), wouldn't it be funny if he ended up at Hull along with Sean Long, who signed for that same reason.

After Long "refused" to accept his apology in that incredibly pathetic way years ago.

rlConfirmed on Bulls site now toorl

Just hope we get a decent replacement. There was a rumour of us being interested in Aaron Gorrell somewhere but I hope we can do better than that.

From the games I've seen him in this year it does seem that he is just slightly over the hill although - to be fair to him - the lack of suitable interchanges has meant that he is playing for too long each game.

I definitely wouldn't have given him a 2 year contract based on what we've seen this year. One year would have been OK - but not 2...

There was an article on the sydney telegraph web-site a while a ago that heath L'strange was open to offers from SL!!

I agree, he's a very good SL hooker, but he's not the player he was. If we cannot find an equal replacement who maybe has room to improve then its a shame he's going and I would have also offered him one more year but probably no longer as he must be one of our top earners too, but watching his game over the past few seasons its clear his best days are beind him IMHO. He's done a fine job for us and I'm sure he'll do well at wakey or wherever he ends up. (nailed on for Cas apparently!)

As for rumoured replacements, whats the list? We have Godwin on contract next year to carry on as impact hooker probably and the option of Rinialdi as cover for 9 and 7, but neither would give you confidence at the moment of stepping into the starting 9 role. Any academy lads ready to step up to the 1st team?

Rumoured players in so far that I've heard;

Diskin - would be happy with that myself, but unlikely.
Gorrell - looked good from what I can remember from his time at Catalan, goalkicker too. No idea as to his current form, if we went with him hopefully it would be a short deal so we could try it and see. Could be a good choice if there is not much else available.
heath L'strange - Hopefully not as this might be implicated in Sam leaving, but other than that I dont know much about him to be honest.
Obst - No thanks, not the type we need, too much like Godwin
Drew - No thanks, decent player but would be a backwards step from Newton IMO with no prospect of improvement given his age.
Wing - If he comes he'll be playing 6 not 9. But I doubt he's coming to do either.

Anyone heard any others?

What's Jimmy doing these days?

Let's hope the club aren't going to sign up Rinaldi full time. Now is the perfect time to show that the club has at least still got some ambition.

I heard that that club had actually signed somebody decent to replace Newton but I've no idea who. Whether my definition of decent is the same as my source I don't know either.

Good scoop this eh?